Oscar Mayer’s ‘Wienerdrone’ is raining hot dogs on customers
Meat and cold cut company Oscar Mayer has just unveiled the WienerDrone, a unique quadcopter that can drop hot dogs from a great height.
Geneticists are developing heat-resistant 'cows of the future' to deal with Earth’s rising climate
Researchers from University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences are trying to breed heat-resistant cows of the future.
Next-gen wearable devices might sip your sweat, use it to generate electricity
UC San Diego researchers have invented a sweat-powered wearable that could enable future devices to be charged using body sweat.
Faces generated with neural networks are the trippiest thing you’ll see all day
A project created in the free time of a Google engineer uses artificial intelligence to generate realistic images of human faces.
Seed-bombing drone startup aims to plant one billion trees per year
Deforestation is a major contributor to climate change. This company is looking to reverse this trend with a fleet of seed launching drones.
Scientists just powered on a laser that's 1 billion times brighter than the sun
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has just fired up the Diocles laser, which is brighter than anything seen in the history of planet Earth.
Send text messages and photos without a cell connection thanks to Sonnet
The Sonnet gives users the ability to share text messages, photos, and GPS coordinates without the need for a cellphone network.
New app gets rescuers to cardiac arrest victim three minutes ahead of ambulance
A new smartphone app is helping bring aid to victims of cardiac arrest three minutes before professional first responders arrive.
ESA’s new plan for cleaning space debris uses a magnetic space tug
ESA is looking into magnetic attraction for space debris and derelict satellite removal and to keep swarms of satellites in close formation.
Virtual reality headset claims to diagnose concussions in just one minute
SyncThink created smart virtual reality technology that uses eye-tracking tech to diagnose possible concussions in just one minute.
MIT algorithm tells you how to fold any shape imaginable with origami
This smart algorithm not only manages to fold any 3D shape out of a piece of paper -- but does so with the minimal amount of seams.
Using satellites and solar power, education portal brings teachers to refugee camps
A new charity initiative is using solar-powered computer hardware and satellites to deliver lessons to refugee kids via an education portal.
Evoke the magic of Harry Potter with ‘Cauldron Magical’ Kickstarter campaign
Meet the Cauldron Magical Pub & Inn, a new crowdfunding project hoping to bring the magic of Harry Potter to life via technology.
The 'e-Mosquito' is a wearable that sucks your blood … for your own good
Engineers at the University of Calgary have built the e-mosquito, which sits on your wrist and sips your blood -- for your own good.
Lego collector uses artificial intelligence to sort pounds of bricks at a time
Artificial intelligence can be used to do just about anything, including sorting masses of Lego bricks by their color and shape.
Cozmo visual Code Lab makes robotics programmers out of kids
Cozmo, last year's coolest toy robot, is now easier than ever to program with the launch of Anki's visual Code Lab language.
SpaceX just sent up two rockets in 48 hours — and landed them again
SpaceX nailed two rocket landings in just 48 hours over the weekend, with each one offering unique challenges.
Artificial intelligence genius Andrew Ng has another AI project in the works
Andrew Ng, one of the "foremost thinkers on the topic of artificial intelligence," is back at it with another AI project: deeplearning.ai.
Coder’s algorithmic alphabet is nothing more than gibberish, but it looks real
Coder and artist Atticus Bones has written an algorithm that generates it own weird alien alphabet. The reason? To troll future linguists.
European Space Agency's new LISA mission will measure gravitational waves in space
The European Space Agency (ESA) has finally announced that its LISA mission is ready to begin -- though it won't launch till 2034.
Whose shell is this? Neuroscientists selectively wipe specific snail memories
Neuroscientists have figured out how to selectively wipe some memories from the brain of a snail, while leaving others intact.
Weekly rewind: Graphene headphones, $1 cell service, baking bread like a pro
In the tech world, a lot happens in a week. That’s why we’ve compiled a quick and dirty list of this week's top 10 tech stories.
Airless, 3D-printed concept tires can’t go flat, never need replacement
Traditional tires must be replaced every few years. Michelin's new 3D printed tires will regenerate new tread but when will it be released?
Crisp Clothing uses artificial intelligence to make a shirt that fits perfectly
Crisp Clothing uses only your height and weight to get all the body measurements it needs to make a shirt that perfectly fits you.
Look out, Kevin Bacon! The EU’s tunneling robot looks like a worm from 'Tremors'
This autonomous underground tunneling robot uses ultrasound and a large drilling head to break apart whatever material is put in front of it.
Cutting-edge microtech motors will change the face of future Timex watches
Timex and SilMach want to change the way quartz watches are powered by using microtechnology, opening up the potential for new designs.
Amazon’s proposed ‘Drone Towers’ would look and sound like giant beehives
Amazon has an idea for a beehive-like "drone tower" that could one day act as a fulfillment center and a busy Prime Air drone delivery base.
See Apple’s massive ‘spaceship’ campus take off in 18 seconds
We've seen lots of drone videos showing the construction of Apple's "spaceship" campus. Now here's some equally dramatic satellite footage.
VR helped a terminally ill diver swim the Great Barrier Reef from a hospital bed
A charity in the U.K. recently used virtual reality to grant a terminally ill cancer patient his wish of exploring a coral reef in the ocean.
Bright light pulses bamboozle mosquitoes, could help fight malaria
Researchers discovered that pulses of white light suppress mosquitoes' urge to bite, which could help stop spread malaria.